Manager – National Partnerships

About Dream a Dream

Dream a Dream is an Indian non-profit organisation working to transform the experience of education for the 130+ million children that go to school in India. Our aim is to change the purpose of education towards the idea of Thriving for every child. Since 1999, Dream a Dream has mainstreamed life skills as a critical approach to help children overcome adversity and learn to thrive. Today, the organisation is transforming the Indian education ecosystem through its own programmes, through curriculum and pedagogical innovations and through the development of holistic assessment frameworks while also shifting the narratives around the purpose of education. Dream a Dream’s work is spread across 6 Indian states reaching over 2.2 million children through strategic partnerships with state governments and collaborations with other non-profits and funders in India.

Role: Manager – National Partnerships

Location: Delhi

Position- 1

Reporting Manager: Associate Director – National Partnerships

Salary per Annum: INR 10.92 Lakhs

Job Responsibility

The primary responsibility includes –Develop and Manage the partnerships with the central agencies to build urgency and criticality on the importance of life skills and social emotional learning in the ecosystem along with redefining the narrative around success. Through developing strategic partnerships and leading the advocacy efforts of the organisation, build a movement to equip millions of young people from vulnerable backgrounds to overcome adversity and thrive in the 21st century.

Roles and responsibilities (include scope, accountability, goals to be achieved by the role, people management):

She/he/them will be responsible for building, managing and supporting the projects with central agencies.
Develop and manage relationships with key senior government officials, influencers, and policy makers at the National level.
Visualise and strategise on impacting the policy planning and initiatives at central agencies aligned with the strategic intent.
Contextualise the content of Life Skills / Social and Emotional learning (SEL) based Curriculum on the requirements.
Develop strategies to ensure participation of Dream a Dream in key initiatives involving policy changes to include life skills and social emotional learning into educational reforms.
Collect and maintain up-to-date data on key policy and advocacy issues related to education, child and youth development, Life Skills, and social emotional learning.
Pay close attention to advocacy priorities and their fulfilment. Regularly review priorities and update or modify them based on changing community needs as identified by board, staff, and community members.
Build relationships with different national agencies to advocate the idea of SEL based curriculum.
Risk management of projects: Lead the development and maintenance of risk management plans of all key advocacy projects.
Work closely on education reforms and manage all logistical support to the team for roll-out, managing and planning of it.
Any other work assigned by reporting manager.

General Responsibilities

Develop linkages with national, international and local media actors and with policy institutions.
Contribute to achievement of strategic goals set by the organisation.
Participate in strategic planning, annual planning and budgeting process for the organisation.
Develop strategies to keep team members engaged in outreach efforts.
Working with a small team, you would also be required to multitask between roles, as and when required by the organisation for the furtherance of its goals.

Requirements (include Education, Required Skills/Qualifications/attributes; Experience/acquired knowledge requirements, Preferred Skills (if any):

Sustained passion and commitment to bring a positive change in society.
Embodiment of the values of Equity, Dignity & Inclusion.
Work experience with relationship building, networking in central agencies, managerial responsibilities, curriculum & research work, demonstrating superb project delivery and leadership skills.
Logical and rational thinking supported by strong analytical skills.
Project management skills with a lot of accuracy and attention to detail.
Proficiency in written and oral communication skills in Hindi and English.
Intermediate knowledge and use of Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
Excellent problem-solving and strategic thinking skills, ability to analyse complex qualitative and quantitative data, craft workable solutions and recommend actions.
Advocacy, Research and Facilitation skills

Experience

At least 6-8 years of experience in the Development/Education/Governance sector.
Having a prior experience in project management is essential.

How to Apply:

To apply, please send an updated CV along with a cover letter & Resume to [email protected], please mention Application for the position of ‘Manager – National Partnerships’ in the subject line of your email.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Dream a Dream is committed to upholding diversity and inclusion in our workplace and we strongly encourage people from underrepresented groups, within the organisation and outside, to apply to open positions. We embrace our employees’ differences of religion or belief, caste, race, age, ethnicity, sexual orientation gender, gender identity or expression, language differences, family or marital status, physical, mental and development abilities, social or economic class, education, work and behavioral styles, political affiliation, and other characteristics that make us unique.

Dream a Dream is committed to upholding diversity and inclusivity at our workplace, and we strongly encourage people from underrepresented groups to apply.